(Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1646).Oblong 8vo. Modern sprinkled boards. With 49 engraved plates. 112 pp. (text set in two columns).Extracted from Commelin's collection of voyages. - A group of Amsterdam merchants was responsible for the venture of the first Dutch voyage to the East in 1595. The four small ships sailed via the Cape of Good Hope to Bantam, a large trading centre on the west coast of Java. Three of the four ships finally returned to Amsterdam. 'Despite the loss of many men and one of the ships, troubles with both Javans and Portuguese, and profits barely large enough to cover expenses, the return of De Houtman's fleet set of a flurry of activity among Dutch entrepreneurs. In 1598, the year after its return, no fewer than twenty-five ships were sent out by merchants of the provinces of Holland and Zeeland alone' (Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the making, III,1, p.439). This voyage provided European readers with the most detailed description of Java to date and with the first continuous description of Bali in any language. At the Cape they landed and encountered a party of Hottentots. - (Part of plate 17 (market scene) missing; some plates cut slightly short). - Rare early edition of the 'First Fleet'.Landwehr, VOC, 251; Tiele 512; Tiele, Mémoire, 120; Cat. NHSM I, p.105; Mendelssohn I, p.739. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Cracow, 1646. Cracow. Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): Shulkhan Arukh, 1646, Cracow. Author: Karo, Yosef ben Efraim. Language: Hebrew. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKU000200799 . Good. Hardcover. n/a. 1646.

(Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1646).Oblong 8vo. Modern wrappers. With 5 engraved maps and plates. 79 pp. (text set in two columns). Extracted from Commelin's collection of voyages. - The first official account of the circumnavigation was published in 1626. This punitive fleet of eleven ships set sail to the coasts of South America with the objective of clearing the westward route to the Pacific of Spanish and Portuguese shipping. The fleet was outfitted under the auspices of the Dutch gouvernment, the two major companies, the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company, having little interest in the Pacific (Howgego p.615). L'Hermite attacked Lima, burned a Spanish fleet at Callao, and went as far as north as Acapulco. It was one of the most spectacular raids against Spanish shipping. With important appendix: Description of Peru and Chile by Pedro de Madriga; Pedro Fernandez de Quir's voyage to Australia; and the history of the Dutch conquest of Banda. With maps of Teirra del Fuego, Callao de Lima (2), Puna and Acapulco.Landwehr, VOC, 250; European Americana II, p.453. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

(Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1646).Oblong 8vo. Modern wrappers. 48 pp. (text set in two columns).Extracted from Commelin's collection of voyages. - Account of the third voyage of the VOC to the East Indies. 'The fleet of Van Caerden was as much a military as a commercial venture. Following his instructions he first attempted, unsuccessfully, to seize the Portuguese fort at Mozambique, after which he visited Goa, Calicut, the Coromandel Coast, and the Moluccas, capturing Portuguese ships as well as trading. Finally he became governor of the Molucces. No other editions of Caerden's account were printed' (Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the making of Europe, III, p.470). Also including an description of Mozambique, Monomotapa and of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope (Mendelssohn II, p.540).Landwehr, VOC, 250. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Samuel Gellibrand, London, 1646. Small 4to, xiv, 136, 55pp, complete, contemporary full calf with central lozanges, covers off with some loss to the backstrip, The contents is clean and unmarked, with a later owner's name on the front end paper and at end of the text, the text block is tight and clean. Scare. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

London: for Humphrey Moseley, 1646, 1646. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., (iv)119(iii)82,64(ii)52pp., complete with the engraved frontis, third state of general title-page with the first line set in capitals and lower case but yet with the first state of "Churchyard" (unbroken "d") and rule under date, with the corresponding second state of page [VI] with "allowred" corrected to "allowed". Bound in fine full dark brown calf over cords, gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD copy. Wing S-6126; Pforzheimer 996; Hayward 84

London: printed by R. White for Samuel Gellibrand, at the Brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard, 1646. London: printed by R. White for Samuel Gellibrand, at the Brasen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard, 1646. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Scarce first edition, the 1646 first printing. Bound in later (likely 18th century) full brown calf, spine with red morocco label and gilt rules, covers ruled in blind, edges staiined red (some rubbing; upper cover detached but present; some spotting and darkening to edges and margins). Period ownership signature of A.E. Young on title. Part of the front pastedown has been excised to show a period inscription on the original pastedown, reading: "This book not to be parted with. The time may come when it may be read with extraordinary [interest?]." Notes: "Upon the view of these examinations all taken upon oath, .." (opening words of text) begins new pagination on 2A1r. A different setting from the edition with "Sr. John Temple" in title. Last page is blank. There exists another edition with the same imprint and collation in which the words "progress," "general," "with," and "John" in the title have the conventional spelling. Wing does not distinguish between the two editions. Title in double rule box; head- and tail-pieces; initials. Description: [16], 136, 55, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (4to). Other Titles: History of the beginnings and first progresse of the general rebellion raised within the kingdom of Ireland, upon the three and twentieth day of October, in the year 1641. Irish rebellion. Responsibility: By Sir Iohn Te
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1646. I am limited to 12 photos on eBay, but I have many more photos on my website...just ask. A rare 17th-century medical book designed to be an aid in dietetics and gastronomy by Ludovicus Nonnius. Nonnius was a Belgian physician who is considered to be the founder of dietetics as a medical field. His study on dietetics in 'Diaeteticon' (1627) was the culmination of his work and was the first systematic study of how food effects health and hygiene. 'Diaeteticon' is divided into four main sections, each of which focuses on a different type of food and its effects on health · Principles of nutrition - types of breads, benefits of fruits and vegetables, preservation properties of salt · Treatment of meat, specifically pork, and how much should be eaten and prepared · Treatment of food from the sea and river - fish · Treatment of drinks - water, wine, beer; whether rainwater is safe to drink; how much safer wine is to drink that water Nonnius claimed that mineral water had healing powers, specifically in healing kidney stones and recommended drinking spa-water as a remedy. While many of Nonnius's health assumptions are considered antiquated, his hypotheses and research on mineral water and fish consumption are still accurate and used today. [Attributes: First Edition]

1646 RARE Works of Virgil Aeneid Bucolics Georgics Mythology Servius Commentary If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell. Virgil, The Aeneid A rare, 17th-century printing of the works of Virgil. This 1646 edition includes Virgils most famous works  Bucolics or Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid. The Aeneid is one of Virgils most important and well known works; an epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas, a Greco-Roman myth, and his travels. This work is considered one of the most important and best works of literature ever to be written. (Damen). This impressive and important 1646 edition was published in Lyon and features the famous 4th-century commentary on Virgil of Servius. Item number: #4756 Price: $550 VIRGIL P. Virgilii Maronis cum veterum omnium Commentariis et selectis recentiorum notis Nova Editio. Iscripta Viro Amplissimo Gualtero Valkenier I.V.L. Reip. Amstelo damensis Consuli & Senatori [Lugduni Batavorum] : Ex officina Abrahami Commelini, 1646. Details:  Collation: Complete with all pages o [16], 996, [56]  References: Damen, Vergil and The Aeneid;  Language: Latin  Binding: Vellum; tight & secure  Size: ~9.5in X 7.75in (24cm x 19.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 4756 Photos available upon request. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

London Richard Bishop, 1646. First edition, pp.[22], 630, [2, errata]. Title, a cancel, is printed in red and black. Text in Latin with some Hebrew. A very good copy bound in 20thC half calf, marbled boards. Occasional light marking. Some page edges age-darkened. A masterful survey of Jewish marriage and divorce composed by John Selden (1584-1654), lawyer, scholar, and MP, in the early 1640s, drawing on the Torah, Talmud, and rabbinical commentaries. Selden sought to find precedent for reformation of English law in historical sources; his arguments influenced John Milton's controversial Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643). ESTC R4001; Wing S2443 [Attributes: First Edition]

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Amsterdam, c.1646, German text edition. Original colour. 420 x 530mm, with wide margins. Decorative map of the county of Essex, with armorials, a royal crest and putti. Bottom left is a little depiction of London, with the old St Paul's Cathedral. On verso is a diagram of ancient barrows with deep burial chambers. KOEMAN: Bl 47b. [Attributes: First Edition]

Amsterdam, 1646-, blank verso. Original colour. 425 x 520mm. Narrow top margin, old ink mss. number in top border, stain in left margin Decorative map of Cambridge, with two Royal crests, a title cartouche, 17 crests relating to the colleges plus one blank and seven family coats of arms plus one blank. Koeman does not list an edition with blank reverses.

I am limited to 12 photos on eBay, but I have many more photos on my website...just ask. "If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell." ― Virgil, The Aeneid A rare, 17th-century printing of the works of Virgil. This 1646 edition includes Virgil's most famous works - Bucolics' or 'Eclogues', the 'Georgics' and the 'Aeneid'. 'The Aeneid' is one of Virgil's most important and well known works; an epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas, a Greco-Roman myth, and his travels. This work is considered one of the most important and best works of literature ever to be written. (Damen). This impressive and important 1646 edition was published in Lyon and features the famous 4th-century commentary on Virgil of Servius. [Attributes: First Edition]

Gaspardum Meturas, Paris, 1646. 12vo- pp. ( 12 ) , 384 pp. Contemp. citron morocco gilt, boards of gilt fillets enclosing a semé of fleurs-de-lys Spine in 6 compartments, Philippe Labbé is a french Jesuit, born in 1607, in Bourges, who died in Paris in 1666 or 1667. Prolific editor and polygraph, Labbé is best known for his work of editor and compiler. He was also an owner of old documents, as attested by several remarks of his "Nova bibliotheca. manuscriptorum. His contacts with contemporary scholars allowed them to have access to many catalogues of books and manuscripts of the public and private collections in his time. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London: William Humble, 1646. Coloured. 390 x 510mm. A very fine example A very decorative map of Persia, published in John Speed's 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', the first English atlas of the world. It is decorated with four city prospects (Isfahan, Ormus, Tabriz & Gilan) along the top and with eight costume vignettes down the sides. The Caspian Sea still has not been mapped properly: it is shown wider than it is tall.

[Frankfurt], M. Merian 1646. Topographia Archiepiscopatuvm Moguntinensis, Treuirensis, et Coloniensis Das ist Beschreibung der Vornembsten Statt vnd Platz in denen Ertzbistumen Mayntz, Trier, vnd Coln. [Frankfurt], Matth. Merian 1646. Folio (12 x 7 6/8 inches). Engraved title-page. 4 fine double-page engraved maps of Eichsfeld now part of Thuringia, Hassia Superior, Trier, and Cologne, one fine folding engraved panorama of Mainz, 19 double-page engraved plates of views and plans, and 20 full-page plates of views and plans. Modern vellum backed 16th-century red and black letterpress paper boards, vellum corners. Mogontiacum, the precursor to modern Mainz, was founded by the Roman general Drusus perhaps as early as 13/12 BC. s the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire, and as this book was being published the reign of Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt, archbishop of Mainz from 1629 to 1647, was coming to an end, and Mainz itself was occupied by the French. Anselm Casimir was the highest-ranking of the prince-electors and Imperial chancellor for most of the Thirty Years War, "he played a distinct role in a key series of political and military events within the Holy Roman Empire, directed a large part of the Imperial constitutional and legal machinery, [and] was a key figure in coordinating Catholic policy in the Empire, enjoyed a high degree of influence with the emperor. The new archbishop was elected in the midst of the debate over the forcible re-catholicization of all ec
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London: William Humble, 1646. Coloured. 390 x 510mm. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius, this is one of the most decorative maps of the county, with an inset plan of Monmouth, armorials, a portrait of Henry V and the Prince of Wales' feathers. It was published in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', with a description of the county and a table of place names on the reverse.

A splendidly detailed hand-colored copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1582-1655) and Cornelis Bloemart (1603-1684) from their spectacular book Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum Culrura et Usu Libri Quatuor. This book was published in Rome by Herman Scheus in 1646. Overall this print measures 9.5 x 13.5. These bold studies of citrus fruits, each tied with ribbons labeled with their specimen names, were part of this first book devoted to citrus fruit. The specimens, and information included in this book such as classification, origin and locations, methods of cultivation, and medical uses of citrus fruits, was compiled by the Italian Jesuit scholar and professor Giovanni Battista Ferrari. The sumptuous illustrations of the fruit were by Dutch printmaker Cornelius Bloemart, whom was from a family of Dutch artists and was known as a great botanical artist. This series includes 110 plates of depictions of mainly life-size fruits, whole and in section, as well as foliage and flowers, along with a few cultivation and allegorical scenes. Overall this print is in good condition with some foxing, staining, creasing and a few small tears in margins.

Amsterdam, 1646. Dimensions : 505 x 380 mm. One of the most magnificent maps of the seventeenth century. With most attractive subdued and minimal hand colouring. A highly decorative map; nine coats of arms surrounded by cherubs and naked female figure are arranged in two rows in the upper left corner. The title in the lower corner has a delightful cartouche with workmen bearing the tools of their trades, symbolising the activities of the county, while deer and foxes symbolise the "sport" of the county. In the opposite corner mermaids support the scale of miles, while at the upper right, the Cornish coat of arms is embellished with ribbons. In the Bristol Channel are two galleons, and two compass roses with rhumblines radiating from them. Quixley, 13. A MOST MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE IN FINE CONDITION. Latin text edition. Map. Fine. Map.

(Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1646).Oblong 8vo. Modern wrappers. With 26 engraved plates. 56 pp. (text set in two columns).Extracted from Commelin's collection of voyages. - The first successful Dutch trading voyage to the East Indies. The fleet sent out from Amsterdam by the successor of the company that financed De Houtman's venture, now called the Old East India Company, was a smashing success. Eight ships commanded by Jacob van Neck and Wybrand van Warwijck left Texel on May 1, 1598. Fifteen month later, on July 17, Van Neck returned from Bantam with four of his ships fully laden with pepper. The rest of the fleet, under Van Warwijck and Jacob van Heemskerck, made other stops on Java and then went to Banda, Amboina, and the Moluccas; here they established the three factories which became the foundation for later Dutch controle of the Moluccan spice trade. Van Heemskerck arrived in Amsterdam with two ships on May 19, 1600; Van Warwijck arrived with the remaining two ships at the end of August, 1600. The major contributions made by this account were full descriptions of Banda, Amboina, and the Moluccas. Appended is a Malay-Javanese-Dutch word list (Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the making of Europe III,1, p.439-440).Landwehr VOC, 250. [Attributes: Soft Cover]